Crystal Kay

amruta 🇮🇳

I fell in love with books. Some people find beauty in music, some in painting, some in landscape, but I find it in words. By beauty, I mean the feeling you have suddenly glimpsed another world, or looked into a portal that reveals a kind of magic or romance out of which the world has been constructed, a feeling there is something more than the mundane, and a reason for our plodding.

Ally | she/her ✨

Let's talk about about mental illness. •
Here's what you need to know: mental illness is a physical illness too. It gives you migraines, makes you nauseous, increases your need for sleep (or just causes sleeplessness - that's fun too 🙄). You don't feel like yourself. Sometimes when it's bad, not even reading helps. But there's something else you need to know: having a mental illness does not mean you're an inconvenience. It also doesn't mean you're not allowed to talk about it. Please remember that you're important, you're strong, you're human. Don't listen to that voice telling you you don't matter. I know it's hard. But I also know the bad moments pass, that you find something which makes you feel alive and beautiful. Stay strong my loves, and maybe thank someone in your life today who always brings light to the bad days ⛅️

vivi

There's going to be a solar eclipse sweeping through the States this Monday, but I'm still figuring out how to take a photo (especially with my DSLR- haven't gotten a filter yet) though it's going to be very exciting to watch!
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QOTD: What's a phenomenon you want to see?

Erin | Books | Adventures

Tragic story of this picture:
I posted on a local Facebook page trying to find out a good place to track down crows.
Piled my whole family into the van, drove across the city to a park.
Chased down no less than 8 different crows trying to get close enough for a picture.
They all flew away.
I chucked the book on the ground in frustration and said "Fine!" And gave up.
Realised there was probably some sort of metaphor there about how I can't catch them just like in the book blah blah blah.
Anywhoooo
I loved this book! The story was so fun and the characters were awesome. I'm a sucker for a good heist. The Wraith is definitely my favourite. She kicks some serious trash. But that ending 😱
Have you read this? What did you think?
Also please tell me I'm not the only one with a #bookstagramfail

Khaleesi

"When she offered the cards to him, Gansey turned his face away like he was pulling a raffle winner. His fingers grazed the edges of the cards, contemplative. He selected one, then flipped it over to show the room.
It was the page of cups."
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Completely off theme but oh well 😂 I was feeling lazy and I was at my friends house so I decided to just have her take the picture outside of her house 💙
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Today was such a crazy day at work but I'm glad to be home so that I can read more of my book 💙 I'm hoping to finish it soon! I need to catch up on all my reading!
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Mama Dean

Finally laid my hands on "#TheWave" by #ToddStrasser. Ben Ross is a history teacher, who couldn't find the answer to the question his students asked him "How could the majority of Germans pretend that they didn't know what the Nazis (only 10% of the population) were all about and how could they justify the horrific events of the World War II by some abstract Greater Good?" So he started an experimental movement "The Wave" to make the kids figure it out on their own. More than political and social aspects (being a movement and following the leader), what got me was the psychological issue in relation to teenagers, who are trying to fit in the high school environment. As one of the kids, Brad, said: "I'm tired of feeling like every day (at school) is a big popularity contest". I can't help but think about the pressure kids have trying to navigate "the real world". And how they have to learn to deal with their emotions, and other people hurting them, and trying on top of everything to succeed at something.. Also makes me think that, being horrified of and disgusted by violence, I can fairly say that I'll be the one fighting or at least not supporting such kind of mind control. On the other hand, if I could protect my family by being silent, maybe I'd do that. On the other other hand, maybe I'd think that it's my duty to fight for the better future for my kids.. This is a tough moral question. I hope I never have to actually face this choice.. I don't know. What do you think? Would you follow, be silent, or actively protest?
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